By April Jane Cagas Ugsad
ALABEL, Sarangani (October 1, 2014) - Sarangani volunteers planted a total of 114,120 seedlings with 8,066 registered planters who took part in “TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW,” a project of Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on September 26.
Local volunteers, employees and personnel from national and local governments and non-government agencies participated in the planting of Narra seedlings.
TreeVolution is a welcome program since it aligned with the Sulong Kalikasan component of the Sulong Sarangani convergence program of Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon in partnership with Cong. Emmanuel Pacquiao, Vice Gov. Jinkee Pacquaio, and members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
The province got 250 hectares in the DENR allocation where Malungon in Barangay San Miguel held the largest area of 100 hectares, and 50 hectares each in Barangay Alegria, Alabel; Barangay Lumasal, Maasim; and Barangay Katubao, Kiamba.
Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon who joined Malungon Mayor Reynaldo Constantino during the planting day in San Miguel, Malungon lauded the activity. “I encourage all Sarangani residents to continue preserving the environment even beyond TreeVolution. Good job to everyone who volunteered,” Solon said.
According to Rolando Tuballes, provincial environment and natural resources officer (PENRO), “we are here to develop environmental awareness and advocacy in line with global warming and climate change and to break the Guinness record of India of most planted trees in an hour.”
The TreeVolution area was comprised of the six regions in Mindanao - Regions 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and the Autonomous Region of Muslim in Mindanao. A total of 9,200 hectares was targeted to be planted with 4.6 million seedlings all throughout the island.
India’s record to beat was 1.9 million planted seedlings in an hour. Though there is no official declaration yet, Mindanao has successfully planted more than 3 million seedlings after the massive tree planting activity making it to be the new holder of the title.
TreeVolution primarily aimed to highlight and increase people’s awareness on the National Greening Program of the national government and MinDA’s “MindaNOW, Nurturing our Waters” project thru tree-growing. (April Jane Cagas Ugsad/PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR’S OFFICE)
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